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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Sidney Crosby had his fourth career hat trick and added two assists for his second five-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fourth time in five games, 8-3 over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

Crosby fell a point short of his career high for points. He had six points with a goal and five assists Dec. 13, 2006, in an 8-4 win at Philadelphia.

Crosby scored once in the first and twice in the third period and added two-first period assists to help the Penguins rout the Rangers, winless in regulation at Mellon Arena in their past 13 tries.

ATLANTA (AP) - Johan Hedberg made 34 saves for his first shutout in two years and Atlanta stopped a 14-game losing streak against Philadelphia.

Rich Peverley scored his 10th goal, his sixth on the power play, midway through the second. Hedberg stopped 13 shots in the third period for his 12th career shutout.

Ending what was the NHL's longest current losing streak against one opponent, the Thrashers won their third straight overall. Philadelphia has lost two straight and five of six. The Flyers hadn't lost to Atlanta since Nov. 18, 2005.

Eric Fehr scored his second goal of the game to draw Washington even at 3 with 11.4 seconds remaining in regulation. Alexander Ovechkin also scored for the Capitals. Plekanec, Travis Moen and Jaroslav Spacek scored for Montreal.

BOSTON (AP) - Michael Ryder scored the lone goal in the shootout, lifting Boston to its fifth win in six games - and sixth straight over Ottawa.

Ottawa's Milan Michalek forced overtime, scoring his second goal of the game with 19.3 seconds left and the goalie off for an extra attacker.